Giancarlo Fisichella will start the 60th Monaco Grand Prix from row six
of the grid tomorrow after he qualified his DHL Jordan Honda in 11th
position. Jacques Villeneuve (Lucky Strike B.A.R Honda) qualified in
14th position while Takuma Sato (Jordan Honda) and Olivier Panis (B.A.R
Honda) will start from 16th and 18th positions respectively.

Due to the twisty, narrow Monaco street circuit the drivers know there
is a good chance they will get blocked while trying to complete their
flying laps, and many of them experienced the unforgiving nature of the
principality today. All four Honda-powered drivers completed four sets
of three laps, except for B.A.R Honda's Jacques Villeneuve, who decided
to put in two flying laps on his first outing.

Jordan Honda's Giancarlo Fisichella set his best time of 1m18.342s, the
quickest lap on Bridgestone tyres after the two Ferraris, on his third
outing, improving on his first timed lap by over a second and a half and
securing 11th position on the grid. B.A.R Honda's Jacques Villeneuve
took to the track half way through the qualifying hour to complete two
flying laps in succession. The Canadian driver set his best time of
1m19.252s on his third and final outing, improving on his initial timed
lap by just over a second, placing him 14th on the grid.

Jordan Honda's Takuma Sato set his best time of 1m19.461s on his second
outing, improving on his initial time by over a second, placing him
on the eighth row in 16th position. B.A.R Honda's Olivier Panis set
his best time of 1m19.569s on his third outing, but the Frenchman was
blocked by Alex Yoong (Minardi) in the last sector, which ruined his
quickest run. Panis improved on his first timed lap by seven tenths of a
second, placing him in 18th position.

As Monaco basked in glorious sunshine (22 degrees) Juan Pablo Montoya
(Williams) secured pole position, followed by the McLaren of David
Coulthard and Ferrari's Michael Schumacher. His brother Ralf and Ferrari
team-mate Rubens Barrichello will start from fourth and fifth positions
with McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen completing the top six positions for
tomorrow's grid.

Shuhei Nakamoto Race and Test Team Manager, Honda Racing Development

"The mid-field battle is proving to be incredibly tough this year and
we have to improve the package if we want to achieve consistent top ten
qualifying positions. We clearly haven't been able to do this today so
I'm quite frustrated. Our drivers did everything they could but we have
to give them a better chance of being able to fight for points at every
race. Having said that, Monaco is a notoriously unpredictable race and
we're going to give it everything."

Giancarlo Fisichella Position: 11th

"Earlier this weekend I expected
to be in the top ten and I have qualified 11th, which is not a bad
position. My engineer and I did a good job together and the car was
well balanced, but because I was driving on the limit, unfortunately it
was very easy to make mistakes on the track. Behind the Ferraris, I was
the quickest with Bridgestone tyres, which demonstrates that our set-up
worked well."

Jacques Villeneuve Position: 14th

"The balance of the car wasn't too
bad considering we've been working mainly with the tyres so far this
weekend. On my first two runs I had traffic so I knew there was a better
lap to be done than the first two. It was just a question of attack,
attack! I've started further back than 14th before and managed to finish
in the points so anything is possible here. It's a long race; you have
to be fast and not make any mistakes. That's the key to Monaco."

Takuma Sato Position: 16th

"Generally it wasn't a bad session, but we
had difficulties in applying all the set-up changes I would have liked,
in order to manage the changing track conditions and understeer which I
experienced. There was also a lot of traffic on my last runs so all in
all I wasn't able to get a top time from the car."

Olivier Panis Position: 18th

"I'm really disappointed with 18th today
because qualifying has been much better for me over the last few races.
The team have done a good job throughout the weekend and we took the
right direction with the tyres. My third run was definitely the quickest
and I was four tenths up in my first two sectors, but then I was blocked
by Yoong in the last sector and it ruined a good time for me. I wasn't
able to improve on the last run and 18th is where I have to start the
race. Qualifying is critical here but, unfortunately, the car we have at
present is not good enough. It will be a tough race for us now but we
have to make the best of it and look for every opportunity tomorrow."